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Page 2: ...s You liars I want my money back or a comment This looks different than my Bachmann Bros model from 1970 so you must be wrong please give us a shout More warranty information is available towards the back of this manual Please note that we have nothing to do with Arnold Rapido so please stop sending us your old steam engines We don t want to fix them And for those of you who sent them in without g...

Page 3: ...stood the pitfalls and stresses of running a company and he always knew what to say to keep me sane We used to watch hockey games together on Saturday nights I was at my house and he was at his and we d chat on the phone His insights were hilarious I try to tell his story of golfing in Scotland but I can t do it justice We would always be rolling on the floor when he told it and his many other pri...

Page 4: ...Functions 13 Functions More Information 13 Sound Volume Settings 15 Sound Volume Settings Chart 16 Factory Reset 16 Awesome Slow Speed Thingy 16 More Information 17 Limited Lifetime Warranty 17 Acknowledgements 18 TURBOTRAIN DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE F0 HEADLIGHT F11 TORONTO NEW YORK F1 BELL F12 MONTREAL BOSTON F2 HORN F14 GUILDWOOD NEW HAVEN F3 GYRALITE F15 KINGSTON PROVIDENCE F4 THROTTLE F16 ...

Page 5: ... just straighten them with your fingers Your TurboTrain is ready for service We advise that you read the rest of this manual to ensure smooth and reliable operation Important sections are Break In Checking and Adjusting Your Train and Operation If you have DCC we highly recommend you read about the Awesome Slow Speed Thingy towards the rear of this manual It improves operation by leaps and bounds ...

Page 6: ...ew and improved nine car train It operated between Montreal and Toronto and for a time between Montreal and Ottawa The Turbo became the most reliable trains in the country achieving on time performance of 97 and availability of almost 99 However by 1982 there were just two trains remaining and it became too expensive to maintain a fleet of two Sadly the Turbo era came to an end in October 1982 Eac...

Page 7: ...n PDC This had TurboLuxe coach seating in the lower level and bar seating with drinks tables in the dome IC 29 The original IC built for the two American demonstration trains containing coach seating and a snack bar IC 30 TurboLuxe Canadian coach IC IC 31 TurboLuxe Buffeteria Canadian IC with coach seating and an extensive take out counter referred to by CN as a buffeteria IC 33 TurboClub Canadian...

Page 8: ...le tricky to remove the wheelsets from the train and we don t recommend it unless it s a wheelset emergency To remove a wheelset from a Single Axle Truck use a small flat screwdriver to pry it out from one end The challenge is not to distort the wheelset while prying it out Good luck with that As we said we don t recommend it To remove a wheelset from the Dual Axle Truck use a sharp pair of tweeze...

Page 9: ...e nose end Use the nose weight the bit of zinc chassis extending into the nose cavity as a lever to pull down the belly Note that the lower level of the PDC cannot have passengers installed as we needed to fill the space with the model s internal working bits To reassemble the cars make sure the belly is oriented the right way If you mistakenly put the IC belly on backwards or you swap the PDC she...

Page 10: ...ependently The TurboTrain motherboards use Next18 sockets The only way to install a DCC decoder is to use one with a Next18 plug such as the ESU LokPilot Micro 54689 But once you start futzing around with silent decoders your warranty is out the window You are truly on your own If you are really really keen to operate the TurboTrain in DCC without sound we highly recommend that you buy a sound equ...

Page 11: ...e OPERATION DCC WITH SOUND We go to extreme lengths for accuracy in sounds as well as in looks Our sound decoders are LokSound Select decoders by ESU programmed with sounds Jason painstakingly restored and or recreated from original BetaMax video recordings provided by Bill Morrison who worked for CN and later VIA in the Turbo Bay at Central Station The sounds are bang on accurate for the Turbo an...

Page 12: ...ave a really old DCC system you may find that the Turbo won t work at all nor will many other new models Go update your DCC system to a newer version Your computer is updated regularly or at least we hope it is Your DCC system should be updated as well If your DCC system was purchased when you were still buying VHS tapes chances are it needs updating TURN ON THE SOUND Press F8 and you will hear th...

Page 13: ...e function is turned on After the sound plays you must press the function button again to turn off that function Otherwise the next time you want to hear the Doppler horn or some other recording and you press the button you will be turning off the function rather than turning it on and the recording will not play F0 Headlights The dual headlights at each end of the TurboTrain cannot be operated in...

Page 14: ...off your Gyralite Pressing F7 again will go back to normal F8 Startup Mute Shutdown F9 Doors Open F10 Doors Close The Canadian sound set features the original announcement as specified in the CN operating manual Hearing a terrible French accent from an Anglophone conductor was and still is normal on Canadian trains F11 Toronto New York F12 Montreal Boston F14 Guildwood New Haven F15 Kingston Provi...

Page 15: ...fferent elements of the sound recordings To set the volume levels go into the program mode on your DCC system refer to your system s manual for instructions on how to do this as each system is slightly different enter the desired CV number then enter the desired levels Note that this can be done either on a programming track or on the main ops mode if your DCC system supports programming on the ma...

Page 16: ...so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep You did keep notes right You can NOT lose all of the pre recorded sounds on your TurboTrain decoders by doing a factory reset If you manage to lose all of the sounds on your Turbo then you have probably set fire to your decoder with a voltage spike Open up each PDC and pour out the ashes AWESOME SLOW SPEED THINGY There is an awesome ...

Page 17: ...ate from the factory we will repair it using new components or replace it outright should a repair not be possible However we can only replace your Turbo while we have additional parts in stock We normally keep spares for up to six months after a model is released If you purchased this locomotive at age 25 and you ve only first opened it while receiving your pension it is possible that we no longe...

Page 18: ...e have helped make both this Turbo and our HO scale Turbo a reality and we mentioned most of them in the HO scale TurboTrain manual Thanks again to all of you who contributed time and information Special thanks to Bill Morrison for providing most of the information that allowed the model to get off the ground all those years ago Specifically for the N scale model thank you to Bryan Bussey and ever...

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